Clarence Sively Davis (1901 - 1996)

Born 25 Sep 1901 in Tula, Lafayette Co., Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Virgie Lou (Pate) Davis — married 29 Nov 1925 (to 5 May 1985) in Dawson Co., Texas

Descendants

Died 7 Aug 1996 at age 94 in Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas, United States

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Biography

Clarence was born Sep 25 1901 in Tula, Lafayette Co., Mississippi. He was the son of James Davis and Nancy Oswalt. He married Virgie Lou (Pate) Davis Nov 29 1925 in Dawson Co., Texas. He passed away Aug 7 1996 in Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas, and was interred in the Dawson Co. Cemetery, Lamesa, Dawson Co., Texas.

Family

Father: James Columbus Davis (1854-1923 TX)

Mother: Nancy Elizabeth (Oswalt) Davis (1864 MS-1925 TX)

Child: Willie P. Davis (1878 MS-____)

Child: Aither Davis (1881 MS-1899 MS)

Child: Lillie Davis (1883 MS-1883 MS)

Child: Dovie Davis (1887 MS-1994 MS)

Child: Huldric Price Davis (1889 MS-1940 TX)

Child: Robert Duff Davis (1992 MS-1955 TN)

Child: Elgin Mayes Davis (1895 MS-1971 TX)

Child: Bella B. Davis (1898 MS-____)

Child: Clarence Sively Davis (1901 MS-1996 TX)

Child: Leavelle Davis (1903 MS-1903 MS)

Child: Infant Son Davis (1905 MS-1905 MS)

Marriage:

Date: Aug 2 1877

Place: Lafayette Co., Mississippi, United States

Note: From James C. Davis on down, I can not find a single member of this family in the 1900 census. And the only member of this family I can find in the 1920 Census is Robert Duff.

Marriage

Husband: Clarence Sively Davis (1901 MS-1996 TX)

Wife: Virgie Lou (Pate) Davis (1907 TX-1985 TX)

Child: Thomas Leo Davis (1927 TX-____)

Child: Jimmie Louise (Davis) Smith (abt 1932 TX-____)

Child: Bettye Jane (Davis) Hale (1933 TX-2017 TX)

Child: Clarice Faye (Davis) Fulfer (1940 TX- 2008 TX)

Child: Clarence Ray Davis (1940 TX-____)

Marriage:

Date: Nov 29 1925

Place: Dawson Co., Texas

Sources

Actual Document Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Census

• Vamer C Davis, United States Census, 1910

Name Clarence C Davis
Event Type Census
Event Date 1910
Event Place Beat 5, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States
Gender Male
Age 8
Marital Status Single
Race White
Race (Original) White
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Son
Birth Year (Estimated) 1902
Birthplace Mississippi
Father's Birthplace Mississippi
Mother's Birthplace Mississippi

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Vamer C Davis Head M 55 Mississippi
Vanie E Davis Wife F 45 Mississippi
Huldick P Davis Son M 20 Mississippi
Duff R Davis Son M 17 Mississippi
Elgin Davis Son M 15 Mississippi
Dell B Davis Daughter F 12 Mississippi
Clarence C Davis Son M 8 Mississippi
^[1] Repository: #R34

Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977

• C S Davis and Virgie Lue Pate, Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977

Name: C S Davis
Titles and Terms: Mr
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 29 Nov 1925
Event Place: Dawson, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Virgie Lue Pate
Spouse's Titles and Terms: Miss
Spouse's Gender: Female
^[2] Repository: #R34

1930 U.S. Federal Census

• Clarence S Davis, United States Census, 1930

Name Clarence S Davis
Event Type Census
Event Date 1930
Event Place Precinct 1, Dawson, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Age 28
Marital Status Married
Race White
Race (Original) White
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Head
Birth Year (Estimated) 1902
Birthplace Mississippi
Father's Birthplace Mississippi
Mother's Birthplace Mississippi

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Clarence S Davis Head M 28 Mississippi
Virgie L Davis Wife F 22 Texas
Thomas L Davis Son M 3 Texas
^[3] Repository: #R34

1940 U.S. Federal Census

• Clarence S Davis, United States Census, 1940

Name: Clarence S Davis
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Justice Precinct 1, Dawson, Texas, United States
Event Place (Original): Texas, Dawson, Justice Precinct 1
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1902
Birthplace: Texas
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Clarence S Davis Head Male 38 Texas
Virgie L Davis Wife Female 32 Texas
Thomas L Davis Son Male 13 Texas
Jimmie L Davis Daughter Female 8 Texas
Bettye J Davis Daughter Female 6 Texas
^[4] Repository: #R34

Texas, Death Index 1903-2000

• Clarence Davis, Texas Death Index, 1903-2000

Name: Clarence Davis
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 07 Aug 1996
Event Place: Brown, Texas
Gender: Male
^[5] Repository: #R34

Texas, Death Index 1964-1998

• Clarence Sivley Davis, Texas Death Index, 1964-1998

Name: Clarence Sivley Davis
Gender: Male
Event Date: 07 Aug 1996
County: Brown
Event Place: Brown, Texas, United States
^[6] Repository: #R34

Find A Grave

^[7]

• Clarence Sively "Lefty" Davis

Birth: Sep. 25, 1901 Tula, Lafayette County, Mississippi, USA
Death: Aug. 7, 1996 Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, USA
Burial: Dawson County Cemetery, Lamesa, Dawson County, Texas, USA

Family links:
Parents:
James Columbus Davis (1854 - 1925)
Nancy Elizabeth Oswalt Davis (1864 - 1925)

Spouse:
Virgie Lou Pate Davis (1907 - 1985)

Siblings:
Huldric Price Davis (1890 - 1940)
Robert Duff Davis (1892 - 1955)
Elgin Mayes "Yank" Davis (1895 - 1971)

Children
Bettye Jane Davis Hale 1933–2017

Created by: David Sifford
Record added: Sep 18, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 29891760
^[8] Repository: #R35

Ancillary Documentation

Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935

• Thomas Leo Davis, Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935

Name: Thomas Leo Davis
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 06 Mar 1927
Event Place: Lamesa, Dawson, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Clarence Sivley Davis
Mother's Name: Virgie Lou Pate
Record Number: 3100
^[9]

Name: Davis {Thomas Leo Davis}
Father's Name: Clarence S Davis
Record Number: 3099
^[10]

• Jimmie Louise Davis, Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935

Name: Jimmie Louise Davis
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 20 Apr 1931
Event Place: Lamesa, Dawson, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Father's Name: C S Davis
Mother's Name: Vergie Pate
^[11]

Name: Davis [Jimmie Louise Davis]
Mother's Name: Vergie Lou Pate
^[12]

• Bettye Jane Davis, Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935

Name: Bettye Jane Davis
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 17 Nov 1933
Event Place: Lamesa, Dawson, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Clarence Sivley Davis
Mother's Name: Virgie Lou Pate
^[13]

Father's Name: Clarence S Davis
^[14] Repository: #R34

Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997

• Jimmie Louise Davis, Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997

Name: Jimmie Louise Davis
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 20 Apr 1931
Event Place: Dawson, Texas
Gender: Female
Father's Name: C S Davis
Mother's Name: Virgie Pate
^[15]

• Bettie Jane Davis, Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997

Name: Bettie Jane Davis
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 17 Nov 1933
Event Place: Dawson, Texas
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Clarence Sivley Davis
Mother's Name: Virgie Lou Pate
^[16]

• Clarice Faye Davis, Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997

Name: Clarice Faye Davis
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 11 Oct 1940
Event Place: Dawson, Texas
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Clarence Silvey Davis
Mother's Name: Virgie Lou Pate
^[17]

• Clarence Ray Davis, Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997

Name: Clarence Ray Davis
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 11 Oct 1940
Event Place: Dawson, Texas
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Clarence Silvey Davis
Mother's Name: Virgie Lou Pate
^[18] Repository: #R34

U.S. GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014

• Clarice Faye Fulfer, United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014

Deceased
Name: Clarice Faye Fulfer
Event Type: Obituary
Event Date: 14 Nov 2008
Event Place: Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 68
Relationship to Deceased: Deceased
Birth Date: 11 Oct 1940
Birthplace: Lamesa, , Texas
Death Date: 12 Nov 2008
Death Place: La Vernia, , Texas
Newspaper: San Antonio Express-News
Affiliate Image Identifier: 1248612B201610C8

Spouse and Children
Wilbur N Or Sonny Fulfer Husband Male
Gary L Fulfer Son Male
Karla Buff Daughter Female

arents and Siblings
Clarence S Davis Father Male
Virgie Lou Davis Mother Female
Thomas Leo Davis Brother Male

Extended Family
Bobby Buff Son-In-Law Male
Lanita Vanpelt Grandchild Unknown
David Vanpelt Grandson Male
^[19] Repository: #R34

• Repository: R34 Family History Library Address: 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150
• Repository: R35 Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com

1. ↑ District ED 35, Sheet Number and Letter 4B, Household ID 72, Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Affiliate Publication Number T624, Affiliate Film Number 745, GS Film Number 1374758, Digital Folder Number 004972584, Image Number 00483 "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch, Clarence C Davis in household of Vamer C Davis, Beat 5, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 35, sheet 4B, family 72, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 745; FHL microfilm 1,374,758.
2. ↑ Page 99, Reference ID 99, GS Film Number 002048016, Digital Folder Number 004640176, Image Number 01742, Indexing Project (Batch) Number V01509-8, Record Number 2238 "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLXR-6Q9), C S Davis and Virgie Lue Pate, 29 Nov 1925; citing Dawson, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 2,048,016.
3. ↑ District ED 8, Sheet Number and Letter 7A, Household ID 119, Line Number 4, Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Affiliate Publication Number T626, Affiliate Film Number 2312, GS Film Number 2342046, Digital Folder Number 004955168, Image Number 01029 "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CWJT-G2M), Clarence S Davis, Precinct 1, Dawson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 7A, line 4, family 119, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2312; FHL microfilm 2,342,046.
4. ↑ District 58-7, Sheet Number and Letter 5B, Household ID 104, Line Number 62, Affiliate Publication Number T627, Affiliate Film Number 4018, Digital Folder Number 005456938, Image Number 00245 "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWJ5-G2F), Clarence S Davis, Justice Precinct 1, Dawson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58-7, sheet 5B, line 62, family 104, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4018.
5. ↑ "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ8P-31Q), Clarence Davis, 07 Aug 1996; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number , Brown, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.
6. ↑ "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVPC-CTP), Clarence Sivley Davis, Brown, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
7. ↑ Find A Grave is a Free, dynamic, Public Web Site. People are constantly adding more information, and more Memorials, every day.
8. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29891760/clarence-sively-davis
   Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com), memorial page for Clarence Sively “Lefty” Davis (25 Sep 1901–7 Aug 1996), Find a Grave Memorial no. 29891760, citing Dawson County Cemetery, Lamesa, Dawson County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by David Sifford (contributor 46564332). "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKM-JJ36), Lefty, ; Burial, Lamesa, Dawson, Texas, United States of America, Dawson County Cemetery; citing record ID 29891760, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
9. ↑ Reference ID 16914, GS Film Number 2240239, Digital Folder Number 004687357, Image Number 03097, Indexing Project (Batch) Number C06124-5 "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZB-SJN), Thomas Leo Davis, 06 Mar 1927; citing Lamesa, Dawson, Texas, United States, certificate 16914, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,240,239.
10. ↑ Reference ID 16914, GS Film Number 2240239, Digital Folder Number 004687357, Image Number 03096, Indexing Project (Batch) Number C06124-5 "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZB-SJ8), Clarence S Davis in entry for Davis, 06 Mar 1927; citing Lamesa, Dawson, Texas, United States, certificate 16914, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,240,239.
11. ↑ "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHNB-8QP), C S Davis in entry for Jimmie Louise Davis, 20 Apr 1931; citing Lamesa, Dawson, Texas, United States, certificate 30667, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,281,407.
12. ↑ Reference ID 30667, GS Film Number 2281407, Digital Folder Number 005035123, Image Number 00865 "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHNB-8Q2), C S Davis in entry for Davis, 20 Apr 1931; citing Lamesa, Dawson, Texas, United States, certificate 30667, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,281,407.
13. ↑ Reference ID 87771, GS Film Number 2283235, Digital Folder Number 005035149, Image Number 00354 "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6L2-DH2), Clarence Sivley Davis in entry for Bettye Jane Davis, 17 Nov 1933; citing Lamesa, Dawson, Texas, United States, certificate 87771, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,283,235.
14. ↑ Reference ID 87771, GS Film Number 2283235, Digital Folder Number 005035149, Image Number 00354 "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6L2-DHJ), Clarence S Davis in entry for Bettye Jane Davis, 17 Nov 1933; citing Lamesa, Dawson, Texas, United States, certificate 87771, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,283,235.
15. ↑ "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V831-87F), C S Davis in entry for Jimmie Louise Davis, 20 Apr 1931; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
16. ↑ "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch ((https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDNV-QCQ), Clarence Sivley Davis in entry for Bettie Jane Davis, 17 Nov 1933; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
17. ↑ "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDNV-QCQ), Clarence Silvey Davis in entry for Clarice Faye Davis, 11 Oct 1940; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
18. ↑ "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V69G-W78), Clarence Silvey Davis in entry for Clarence Ray Davis, 11 Oct 1940; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
19. ↑ Affiliate Name NewsBank, Inc., GS Film Number 100912461, Digital Folder Number 100912461, Image Number 01180, System Origin 1 "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKWQ-N3W5), Clarence S Davis in entry for Clarice Faye Fulfer, Texas, United States, 14 Nov 2008; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing San Antonio Express-News, born-digital text.